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Complaint number	NTB Type Category 1. Government participation in trade & restrictive practices tolerated by governments 1.1. Export subsidies 1.2. Government monopoly in export/import 1.3. State subsidies, procurement, trading, state ownership 1.4. Preference given to domestic bidders/suppliers 1.5. Requirement for counter trade 1.6. Domestic assistance programmes for companies 1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies 1.8. Import bans 1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country 1.10. Determination of eligibility of an exporting establishment (firm, company) by the importing country 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation 1.12. Multiplicity and Controls of Foreign exchange market 1.13. "Buy national" policy 1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions 1.15. Other Category 2. Customs and administrative entry procedures 2.1. Government imposing antidumping duties 2.2. Arbitrary customs classification 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin 2.4. Import licensing 2.5. Decreed customs surcharges 2.6. Additional taxes and other charges 2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures 2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures 2.9. Issues related to transit fees 2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges 2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure 2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers 2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections 2.14. Other Category 3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) Category 4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures Category 5. Specific limitations 5.1. Quantitative restrictions 5.2. Exchange controls 5.3. Export taxes 5.4. Quotas 5.5. Import licensing requirements 5.6. Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods (local content requirement) 5.7. Minimum import price limits 5.8. Embargoes 5.9. Non-automatic licensing 5.10. Prohibitions 5.11. Quantitative safeguard measures 5.12. Export restraint arrangements 5.13. Other quantity control measures 5.14. Restrictive licenses 5.15. Other Category 6. Charges on imports 6.1. Prior import deposits and subsidies 6.2. Administrative fees 6.3. Special supplementary duties 6.4. Import credit discriminations 6.5. Variable levies 6.6. Border taxes 6.7. Other Category 7. Other procedural problems 7.1. Arbitrariness 7.2. Discrimination 7.3. Corruption 7.4. Costly procedures 7.5. Lengthy procedures 7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof) 7.7. Complex variety of documentation required 7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure 7.10. Other Category 8. Transport, Clearing and Forwarding 8.1. Government Policy and regulations 8.2. Administrative (Border Operating Hours, delays at border posts, etc.) 8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit) 8.4. Transport related corruption 8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,) 8.6. Vehicle standards 8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees 8.8. Issues related to transit Other Policy or Regulatory NTB Not a policy or regulatory NTB Check allUncheck all	Date of incident	Location COMESA Burundi Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Rwanda Seychelles Somalia Sudan Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe EAC Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda SADC Angola Botswana Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe COMESA EAC SADC	Reporting country or region (additional) COMESA Burundi Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Rwanda Seychelles Somalia Sudan Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe EAC Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda SADC Angola Botswana Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe COMESA EAC SADC	Status	Actions
NTB-000-169	2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges	2009-07-27	Malawi: Malawi Revenue Authority	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Preshipment Inspection requirement for all imports over the value of US$2000
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that Pre Shipment Inspection programme was phased out in 2007
NTB-000-170	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2009-07-27	Malawi: Malawi Revenue Authority	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Delays in the issuance of rules of origin certificates
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that the NTB was been resolved Internally
NTB-000-171	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-07-30	View
Complaint:	Rice has been turned back from Zimbabwe according to allegations of misuse on Rules of Origin.
NTB-000-172	2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures	2009-07-27	Malawi: Dedza	Malawi	Resolved 2016-08-24	View
Complaint:	cumbersome and bureaucratic delays encountered in the processing of documentation and clearing of goods at the border posts.
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that she had established trade facilitation tools e.g. Development of OSBPs with Zambia,( Muchinji/Mwami) and Tanzania. Draft agreements have been Mozambique and Malawi were now awaiting Official signing at Ministerial level. Malawi has also developed a one stop Malawi Trade portal with all legal regulations and procedures for all institutions in Malawi that deal with trade in goods. All trade and business related forms and procedures for the respective institutions can be dowloaded from the trade portal.
NTB-000-173	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Restriction on importation of Kitchen and table salt
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that there is no restriction but salt is licensed to ensure only iodised kitchen and table salt is imported
NTB-000-174	1.1. Export subsidies A82: Testing requirement	2009-07-27	Malawi: Malawi Revenue Authority	Malawi	Resolved 2012-04-26	View
Complaint:	Time taken to test products varies between five days for meat and poultry to ten days for batteries. The time factor and discretionary use of these services at the borders has lead to delays in the distribution.
Resolution status note:	At the 3rd meeting the Tripartite NTBs Focal Points and NMC Chairs held in Dar -es-Salaam on 19-20 April 2012, Malawi reported that the delays could be attributed to the practice of some importers who do not obtain prior certification of products before importing. For importation of meat products, SPS certification has to be obtained from Ministry of Agriculture before importing to avoid delays at the border. The same applies to importation of batteries. Import permit must be obtained from ministry of Trade before importation. The meeting accepted Malawi’s submission to have this NTB resolved.
NTB-000-175	1.1. Export subsidies B6: Product identity requirement	2009-07-27	Zambia: Bureau of Standards	Malawi	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zambia has placed standards requirements that sugar from Malawi be fortified with Vitamin A.
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that all sugar for domestic consumption, be it imported or manufactured locally is supposed to be fortified with vitamin A.
NTB-000-175	1.1. Export subsidies B6: Product identity requirement	2009-07-27	Zambia: Bureau of Standards	Malawi	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zambia has placed standards requirements that sugar from Malawi be fortified with Vitamin A.
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that all sugar for domestic consumption, be it imported or manufactured locally is supposed to be fortified with vitamin A.
NTB-000-176	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Restriction on importation of poultry, including day old chicks
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that there is no restriction but licensing measures were introduced when there was an outbreak of bird flu disease
NTB-000-177	1.1. Export subsidies A11: Prohibitions for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	South Africa	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Ban on imports of fresh meat products from South Africa and Zimbabwe
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that there is no ban on meat imports but licensing measures were introduced when there was an outbreak of foot and mouth and bird flu diseases
NTB-000-178	1.8. Import bans	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Zimbabwe	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Ban on imports of fresh meat products from Zimbabwe
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that there is no ban on meat imports but licensing measures were introduced when there was an outbreak of foot and mouth and bird flu diseases
NTB-000-179	1.1. Export subsidies E313: Temporary prohibition, including suspension of issuance of licences	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Restriction on importation of Eggs of poultry, whether in shell, pulp or dried forms; eggs of wild birds
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that there is no ban on meat imports but licensing measures were introduced when there was an outbreak of foot and mouth and bird flu diseases
NTB-000-180	7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure Policy/Regulatory	2009-07-27	Mozambique: Beira Port	Malawi	Resolved 2011-07-28	View
Complaint:	Beira & Nacala are the main ports for imports/export goods, which are currently overworked. Lack of institutional support.
Resolution status note:	Mozambique reported that this is not a barrier because Mozambique has three big ports fully operational. The Maputo port being the main one. In March the Single Window Project will become operational at the Maputo Port, to help reduce the time required for customs clearance
NTB-000-182	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Zimbabwe	Resolved 2012-04-26	View
Complaint:	Restriction on importation of tobacco leaf from SADC countries
Resolution status note:	At the 3rd meeting the Tripartite NTBs Focal Points and NMC Chairs held in Dar -es-Salaam on 19-20 April 2012, Malawi submitted that importation of tobacco was not restricted. As a matter of fact Malawi imports tobacco from Tanzania Zambia for processing at Malawi companies. The tobacco is re-exported after processing. The meeting was also informed that the companies buying tobacco in the region are the same.
NTB-000-183	5.12. Export restraint arrangements	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-07-22	View
Complaint:	Export restraint on Unmanufactured tobacco
Resolution status note:	This is no longer obtaining
NTB-000-184	5.12. Export restraint arrangements Policy/Regulatory	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Export ban on maize, maize meal and other maize byproducts.
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that the ban was effected when national stocks of maize were low but licenses were routinely given after the situation improved
NTB-000-185	5.4. Quotas	2009-07-27	South Africa: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Annual quota allocations for sugar into SACU
Resolution status note:	South Africa report3ed that Quota allocations have been agreed to on the Sugar Protocol which is also part of the SADC Protocol on Trade
NTB-000-186	7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure	2009-07-27	Mozambique: Beira Port	Malawi	Resolved 2012-04-26	View
Complaint:	Poor infrastructure. Many delays at Beira and Nacala docks due to heavy traffic and no security available
Resolution status note:	At the 3rd Tripartite NTBs Focal Point point meeting Malawi registered that the issue be resolved considering the submission from Mozambique that the delays, were as a result of procedural matters between the clearing agents and their respective clients and not the Beira Port authorities per se.
NTB-000-187	2.14. Other	2009-07-27	Malawi: Ministry of Transport	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	Charges on delayed reporting by truck.Clearance must take place within 24 hours or a fine is issued if the shipment is late.
Resolution status note:	Malawi reported that this is not an NTB but a legitimate control measure for truck reporting.
NTB-000-188	7.10. Other	2009-07-27	Mozambique: Ministry of Transport	Malawi	Resolved 2010-11-22	View
Complaint:	risk of robbery and theft along the way, particularly in Mozambique
Resolution status note:	This complaint is too general and therefore cannot be traced. Malawi reported that they were unable to substatntiate the complaint.

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